Barter Books

If you love books or trains this is a must to visit, especially because of the model trains that rattle all around the front of the shop. If you love both then it's a good job it's also a café and there are plenty of reading nooks, tables and comfy chairs, it would be easy to spend all day here.

https://www.barterbooks.co.uk/

One of Britain's largest 2nd hand book shops, inside the old Alnwick train station, we arrived around 1630, noted how big it was and that it was open until 1900, so went into town for fish & chips at Carlos, where you can eat in or takeaway. The small portions was enormous and came with a slice of buttered bread and a pot of tea, very pleasing 😊

Once we returned we could leisurely browse the aisles. You know it's big when it comes with a map and key for where everything is. There is something for everyone here. I was interested in a very niche book on Fungi that I needed to return to the library but fancied getting my own copy. The guy behind the desk saw I had a picture on my phone and promptly told me "we don't have any copies of that, they fly out the minute we get a copy, we last had one about a month ago". Well, who knew s book on Fungi would be so popular! Equally impressive was that he knew instantly by looking at the photo that they didn't have a copy!Read more